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allot verb [ əˈlɒt ]

• give or apportion (something) to someone.
• "equal time was allotted to each"
Similar: allocate, assign, issue, award, grant, administer, devote, earmark for, designate for, set aside for, appropriate for, budget for, share out, apportion, portion out, distribute, hand out, deal out, dole out, give out, parcel out, ration out, divide out, divide up, dispense, measure out, mete out, divvy up, dish out,
Origin: late 15th century: from Old French aloter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to’) + loter ‘divide into lots’.


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